The plan is a $99 million bid from water users on Colorado’s West Slope to ensure some of the state’s most valuable water ...

A yearslong effort to purchase two of the most powerful water rights on the Colorado River has cleared another hurdle after ...

The Colorado River is in crisis. The seven basin states just blew through a heavily anticipated deadline to announce a new ...

The seven states that rely on the river blew a deadline to strike a new water sharing agreement. Cuts are surely coming.

Heavy autumn rains brought relief to drought-plagued portions of the Southwest, but across the Colorado River basin, ongoing ...

In recent days the states of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming submitted an alternative plan outlining the proposed operations of Lake Powell and Lake Mead after 2026. Woven throughout this ...

Colorado’s water board on Wednesday approved the acquisition of water rights associated with the Shoshone Power Plant for ...

Correction: The audio version of this story refers to Andrew Mead, the writer of an opinion piece in the L.A. Times. That is incorrect. The correct name is Aaron Mead. Climate change is affecting our ...

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